Standard (EADGBE)

Bad times, something's wrong

Money's gone, on my own

Can't stay, there's nothing here

Been a hard, hard year

First month, snows came

Put me in bed, couldn't work the same

Job's gone, bills are here

Been a hard, hard year

 If I look on the bad side of life

 I’ll lose heart and then I’ll want to die

 So I've got to get back on my feet

 And prove to myself I'm a man

Instrumental verse

I hope that the bad times have gone

It's been rough but I think that I've won

Now I'm happy and I'll never be that way again

No, I'll never be that way again

Snow's gone, spring's here

Won't happen twice, I've seen my way clear

Everyone's paid, got no one to fear

Been a hard, hard year

Been a hard, hard year